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COMPLOT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: complotted    , complotting   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

Example:

They conspired to overthrow the government

Synonyms:

cabal; complot; conjure; conspire; machinate

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "complot" is one way to...):

plot (plan secretly, usually something illegal)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "complot"):

coconspire (conspire together)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They complot to move

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